Israeli President announces prime ministerial candidate to form new government on the 8th

Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog announced on the 5th that he plans to announce the candidate for prime minister who will form the next government on the 8th (local time).

President Herzog announced the future schedule through a video message after completing two days of consultations with representatives of all political parties that entered the National Assembly through the general election the day before.

The president grants the authority to form a coalition first to the candidate with the greatest potential to form a coalition.

President Herzog explained that 46 of the 120 lawmakers recommended incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while 67 supported his rival, former military chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot Yashar, and 7 lawmakers abstained.

During this consultation process, the Arab political parties that held the casting vote supported Representative Eisenkot for regime change and gave strength to the opposition.

On the other hand, ultra-Orthodox Jewish (Haredi) political parties, such as the Union for Torah Judaism (UTJ), which was considered a long-time ally of Prime Minister Netanyahu, decided to abstain and not recommend anyone, including Prime Minister Netanyahu, as a candidate for prime minister, dealing a blow to the Netanyahu camp.